Re: New to the group .. Anyone been to the Mayo Clinic?

[Guest guest]

I am in MN also. Keep us posted with what they offer. I would love to

stay in MN if possible for my resurf.

- In surfacehippy , " Phil " wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I just found this group and I'm wondering if any of you have been to

> the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for this problem?

>

> I'm asking because I also have to have something done to my hips and

> I was wondering if they ever discussed something with you

> called " interposition arthroplasty " as an alternative to hip

> replacement.

[Guest guest]

I am in MN also. Keep us posted with what they offer. I would love to

stay in MN if possible for my resurf.

- In surfacehippy , " Phil " wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I just found this group and I'm wondering if any of you have been to

> the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for this problem?

>

> I'm asking because I also have to have something done to my hips and

> I was wondering if they ever discussed something with you

> called " interposition arthroplasty " as an alternative to hip

> replacement.

[Guest guest]

I'm in Winona MN so Mayo (30 miles away) was one of my first

calls in late 2002 . At that time I was told by a nurse that they

were doing hemi resurfacing for AVN patients. No complete

resurfacing - had never heard of that - and never for OA. So much

for state of the art. After many other dead ends, I found Dr.

Stachniw in Galesburg. I think he is the closest resurfacing

surgeon to MN or was at the time (last year). I ended up, for

dysplasia reasons, going to the Belgian wizard and am happy as

can be with the result. Walked 3.5 miles today - jogged part of it.

Last year it was all I could do to get across the room. I am not

sure anything has changed at Mayo. They tend to be VERY

conservative over there and since FDA approval is pending,

doubt that they would touch resurfacing.

Ruth rbhr, DeSmet 5/13/03

> Hi all,

>

> I just found this group and I'm wondering if any of you have

been to

> the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for this problem?

>

> I'm asking because I also have to have something done to my

hips and

> I was wondering if they ever discussed something with you

> called " interposition arthroplasty " as an alternative to hip

> replacement.

[Guest guest]

I'm in Winona MN so Mayo (30 miles away) was one of my first

calls in late 2002 . At that time I was told by a nurse that they

were doing hemi resurfacing for AVN patients. No complete

resurfacing - had never heard of that - and never for OA. So much

for state of the art. After many other dead ends, I found Dr.

Stachniw in Galesburg. I think he is the closest resurfacing

surgeon to MN or was at the time (last year). I ended up, for

dysplasia reasons, going to the Belgian wizard and am happy as

can be with the result. Walked 3.5 miles today - jogged part of it.

Last year it was all I could do to get across the room. I am not

sure anything has changed at Mayo. They tend to be VERY

conservative over there and since FDA approval is pending,

doubt that they would touch resurfacing.

Ruth rbhr, DeSmet 5/13/03

> Hi all,

>

> I just found this group and I'm wondering if any of you have

been to

> the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for this problem?

>

> I'm asking because I also have to have something done to my

hips and

> I was wondering if they ever discussed something with you

> called " interposition arthroplasty " as an alternative to hip

> replacement.

[Guest guest]

I'm in Winona MN so Mayo (30 miles away) was one of my first

calls in late 2002 . At that time I was told by a nurse that they

were doing hemi resurfacing for AVN patients. No complete

resurfacing - had never heard of that - and never for OA. So much

for state of the art. After many other dead ends, I found Dr.

Stachniw in Galesburg. I think he is the closest resurfacing

surgeon to MN or was at the time (last year). I ended up, for

dysplasia reasons, going to the Belgian wizard and am happy as

can be with the result. Walked 3.5 miles today - jogged part of it.

Last year it was all I could do to get across the room. I am not

sure anything has changed at Mayo. They tend to be VERY

conservative over there and since FDA approval is pending,

doubt that they would touch resurfacing.

Ruth rbhr, DeSmet 5/13/03

> Hi all,

>

> I just found this group and I'm wondering if any of you have

been to

> the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for this problem?

>

> I'm asking because I also have to have something done to my

hips and

> I was wondering if they ever discussed something with you

> called " interposition arthroplasty " as an alternative to hip

> replacement.

[Guest guest]

Ruth,

The " arthroplasty with tendon interposition " surgery was developed

at Mayo by Dr. Bernard Morray, who has been my doctor for many

years. We have been talking about this surgery as an alternative to

hip replacement for the past three years, so they have been doing

it. From what he told me, Mayo is the only place where it is being

done.

You had to have an implant right? If so, then this procedure would

not be suitable for someone with AVN since your would joints remain

intact, so maybe that's why they didn't discuss it with you. Did

you have any joint space or cartilage left?

What the procedure consists of is dislocating the hip, smoothing out

both joint surfaces, removing any bone overgrowth of the hip socket

and placing a piece of donor achilles tendon in-between to act as an

artificial cartilage. The tendon is dead tissue, so there is no

need for anti-rejection drugs.

I'm scheduled for this surgery in late March.

[Guest guest]

<< " arthroplasty with tendon interposition " >>

This proceedure sounds interesting. What is the longevity & success rate of

it?

Alyce

[Guest guest]

Alyce,

I haven't found anything on the web relating to this procedure so I

can only go by what my doctor told me. According to my doctor, who

developed this surgery at Mayo, everyone they have operated on using

this procedure were pleased with the results.

Since this is a new procedure, what is not known is how long it will

last. He told me that the first ones they did in the mid 90's

haven't worn out yet and back then they were using skin grafts from

the patient as artificial cartilage. They decided to use the donor

tendon a few years later because it is much stronger and should last

longer than the skin grafts. But unlike a total hip, this procedure

can be done again without the risks associated with replacing an

implant.

Here is some info on my doctor:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/orthopedicsurgery-rst/10203141.html

http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/morrey_bf.cfm

By the way, I hope people don't think that I'm in the group just to

pump this new operation of give people false hopes. I came to this

group hoping to find some more information about this surgery before

I go under the knife in late March.